Manmohan Singh's daughter Amrit Singh honoured for pioneering work in human rights law

Prominent legal activist Amrit Singh has been honoured for her groundbreaking work in the field of human rights law, along with a number of other noted Indian-Americans including US Congressman Ami Bera and USAID chief Rajiv Raj Shah.

Singh, 43, the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a senior legal officer for National Security and Counterterrorism at the New York-based Open Society Justice Initiative.

She received the India Abroad Publisher's Special Award for Excellence 2012, at the event organised by 'India Abroad' on Friday to honour Indian-American achievers in a wide range of professions.